The Constitution describes the duties and obligations of the three federal branches of government. If you hear it mentioned ...

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The U.S. Constitution divides power among three branches – executive, congressional, and judicial. Presidents have sometimes ...

The constitutional crisis Democrats are decrying is the one they intend to create. It is part of the campaign to delegitimize ...

Legal experts warn that the country is sliding toward a constitutional crisis as President Donald Trump openly defies the ...

N.Y., told "Meet The Press" President Donald Trump is causing a "constitutional crisis" for his recent feud with a federal ...

Panelists joined to discuss Donald Trump’s standoff with the judicial branch and his move to shut down the Department of ...

President Donald Trump has long sought to flex the power of the presidency. Now that he is, some scholars say, Trump’s vision ...

In the last couple of weeks, President Donald Trump's rapid-fire executive orders have led legal experts to say his actions either have caused or are edging toward a "constitutional crisis." ...

Legal scholars say that the nation has reached a tipping point and that the right question is not whether there is a crisis, ...

Deserted courthouses. If you go to a courthouse and there’s no one there, we’re in a constitutional crisis. We keep getting ...